On 19–20 May, Lublin Forum 2026 will be taking place at the the Lublin Conference Centre. This year’s edition is titled Russian Aggression: Roots and Forms. Societies of Central and Eastern Europe, a region described by Kroutvor as an “anecdote” of European modernity, situated between the experience of subordination and the necessity of constantly explaining...
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This panel will analyse the relationships between the states of Central and Eastern Europe and the Global South in the context of the advancing multipolarisation of the international system. The growing agency of non-European actors, the erosion of Western dominance, and intensifying great-power rivalry are reshaping the strategic environment in which the states of the...
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Contemporary Russian imperialism is based not only on military and economic instruments but also largely on cultural conditions that oppose progressivism and liberal modernity. It is founded on conservative counter-revolution and anti-modernism, which contribute to the destabilisation of the liberal-democratic order and are one of the key factors in the geopolitical failures of...
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EU and NATO enlargement has become a key arena for geopolitical rivalry between the Euro-Atlantic institutions and Russia. Yet it is not only a story of great-power competition; the process is also shaped by the strategic agency of candidate and aspiring states, including Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, and the Western Balkans. This panel asks whether...
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This panel examines the Baltic Sea and Black Sea basins, as well as the Arctic, as arenas of NATO and EU strategic competition with Russia, where regional actors (Baltic and Nordic countries, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania) are developing their own maritime security doctrines and implementing EU and NATO strategic frameworks. Regional states are not merely passive objects of...
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This panel brings together scholars and practitioners to examine the expanding role of non-physical forms of aggression in international relations, with particular emphasis on cognitive warfare. In this context, narratives become strategic instruments aimed at shaping perceptions, influencing political behaviour and undermining social cohesion. Building directly on the themes...
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Societies of Central and Eastern Europe, a region described by Kroutvor as an “anecdote” of European modernity, situated between the experience of subordination and the necessity of constantly explaining itself, have, since the collapse of the USSR, sought to construct independent narratives about their own past, particularly with regard to the period after 1945. Within...
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This panel offers a comprehensive overview of regional imaginations, attitudes, and political responses toward Russia, with attention focused on the impact of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. It aims to examine how selected countries of East-Central Europe perceive Russia today and how these perceptions are shaped by historical memory, geopolitical experience, and...
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The panel explores Russian and Soviet policy toward East-Central Europe through the lens of history and epistemic violence, from the medieval appropriation of the legacy of Kyivan Rus to contemporary Russian politics of history. It focuses on how imperial knowledge, political discourses, and historical narratives have been used to legitimise domination, deny the...
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The organisation of the convention for the populist right from the Patriots for Europe political group, the conservative CPAC conference, and the visit to Hungary of the American vice president are all elements of building an international position for Viktor Orbán and mobilising the electoral base before the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12. Polls, conducted by...
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